Robbie the Reindeer (1999)

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

A young reindeer with a famous father travels to the North Pole to try out for Santa's sleigh team. The story follows his adventures with other reindeer as he works to prove himself.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulfestivecheerfulgentle-humoruplifting

What happens

Robbie the Reindeer is a trilogy of three Christmas-themed animated comedy television specials created by Richard Curtis. They follow the title reindeer character who travels to the North Pole to follow in his father's footsteps and join Santa Claus's reindeer sleigh team. The characters are loosely (and unofficially) based on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Robert L. May. The first two specials, "Hooves of Fire" and "Legend of the Lost Tribe", were animated in stop-motion by the BBC Bristol animation unit and Aardman Animations. The third special, "Close Encounters of the Herd Kind", was animated in computer animation by Absolute Digital Pictures. The specials were produced by BBC Bristol, Absolute Digital Pictures and Comic Relief. They premiered on BBC One between 1999 and 2007 and were distributed by BBC Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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